200 Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Recovered from Bank Vault

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A carved wooden hand and a marble head of a Greco-Roman god are
just two of the 200 artifacts that had been stored away in the
national bank of Egypt. The ancient pieces were just sent to the
Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) this week, according to
Farouk Hosny, the minister of culture.

The
recovered collection was likely in the possession of
foreigners who lived in Egypt during the late 19th and 20th
centuries. These antiquities collectors had stored their
collection inside boxes in the vaults of the Al-Ahly Bank,
according to Tarek Amer, chairman of the bank. Since the early
20th century nobody had asked about the objects, so they remained
under the bank's care until the executive board of the bank
decided to offer the pieces to the SCA.

Other items from the vault included:
limestone statuary heads of ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman
deities such as Horus, Hathor and Ptah, as well as Roman
terracotta statues and 20 coins from the Islamic and Modern
period, said Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the SCA. Hawass
added that two archaeological and legal committees inspected the
collection and confirmed the objects' authenticity.

The items are now stored in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, for
restoration and documentation.